Richvale Ontario Map

About Richvale, Ontario

Richvale is a urban community in York, Ontario, Canada. It is classified as a small locality. Richvale is located at 43.8457°N, 79.4431°W.

Richvale rests in a gentle embrace of rolling terrain, where the land breathes with a subtle, fertile sigh. It lies 7.4 km east of Vaughan, ON (from Vaughan, ON: bearing 96°T), and is situated 12.8 km north-north-west of Toronto. The streets are lined with mature trees, their leaves a shifting mosaic of green and gold that whispers in the frequent breezes, casting dappled shadows that dance across well-tended lawns. The air here often carries the sweet, earthy scent of damp soil after a spring shower, a reminder of the agricultural roots that still cling to the edges of this place, even as the suburban sprawl presses in. There's a quiet hum to Richvale, a sense of settled lives unfolding in the steady rhythm of days, where children's laughter can still be heard on summer afternoons and the evening sky often bleeds into a soft, bruised purple as dusk descends. Historically, Richvale's fortunes were tied to the fertile earth that surrounds it, a land that once yielded bountiful harvests for generations of farmers. The local economy, while now largely shaped by its proximity to larger urban centres, still retains echoes of that agrarian past, with remnants of market gardens and orchards dotting the landscape, a quiet testament to a different era. The area’s development, like many in southern Ontario, has been a story of gradual transformation, from rural outpost to residential hub, a process that has seen old farmhouses stand stoically beside newer constructions. This blend of the old and the new gives Richvale its distinctive character, a place where the memory of the fields is never entirely erased, even as the conveniences of modern life take hold.

About This Richvale Map Page

Explore Richvale, Ontario, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 43.84567, -79.44313. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.

Detailed location data for Richvale includes the postal code (L4C), telephone area code (226, 249, 289, 343, 365, 382, 416, 437, 519, 548, 613, 647, 705, 742, 807, 905). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.

Location data for Richvale is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.